Right now I am taking two painting classes, and in one of them, the teacher has asked us to practice by copying from Old Master paintings–not aiming for a reproduction by any means, but working in our own styles. She has also asked us to bring together figures from different artworks. I am working on a painting that includes the most prominent female nude from Manet’s Dejeuner sur L’Herb, a Cycladic doll, and two figures from Velázquez’s Las Meninas. It’s going to be called “Rex, Victoire, Kora, and Maribárbola Take the Afternoon Off.” Stay tuned.
In the meantime, here is a large study I did of Maribarbola’s face.
And here are some proto-Renaissance saints. Much to my surprise, I feel like they are very much at home among the inhabitants of my artistic imagination.
